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Re: PATH_MAX and test-stat.h
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: PATH_MAX and test-stat.h |
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Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:14:00 +0200 |
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Eric Blake wrote:
> 8908 Pathname Variable Values
> 8909 The values in the following list may be constants within an
> implementation or may vary from
> 8910 one pathname to another.
> ...
> 8912 A definition of one of the symbolic constants in the following list
> shall be omitted from the
> 8913 <limits.h> header on specific implementations where the
> corresponding value is equal to or
> 8914 greater than the stated minimum, but where the value can vary
> depending on the file to which it
> 8915 is applied. The actual value supported for a specific pathname
> shall be provided by the
> 8916 pathconf( ) function.
OK, thanks for showing these in context. It's a bit a twisted logic
("the value may be constant or may vary, and if it varies then <limits.h>
must not define it"), but it does mean what you claimed.
Thanks.
Bruno
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In memoriam Neda Agha-Soltan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neda_Agha-Soltan>
- Re: PATH_MAX and test-stat.h, (continued)
Re: PATH_MAX and test-stat.h, Eric Blake, 2011/06/20
[PATCH] test-stat: don't allocate PATH_MAX bytes, Eric Blake, 2011/06/20